Wenzhou is a prefecture-level city in southeastern Zhejiang province in the People’s Republic of China. 3,039,500 people live in Wenzhou’s city proper.

Wenzhou is the only city in China designed by the founder of Fengshui philosophical system Guo Pu.

In the early days of economic reforms, local Wenzhounese took the lead in China in developing a commodity economy, household industries and specialized markets.

Today it remains an important center of Christianity in China.  Because of its large concentration of Christians, the city has been dubbed the “Jerusalem of the East”.

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Jilin City is the second-largest city and former capital of Jilin province in Northeast China. As of the 2010 census, 4,413,517 people resided within its administrative area.

Jilin City is among one of the oldest cities in Northeast China.

The industry in Jilin is concentrated on automobiles, train carriages, and iron alloy. Jilin is one of the most important commodity grain bases in China. It is ranked 6th in timber production.

Traditionally, Jilin has been known as a major pharmaceutical center, with yields of ginseng and deer antlers among the largest in China.

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Anshan is the  third largest prefecture level city in Liaoning province. Anshan is on the boundary between the Mountains of eastern Liaoning and the plains of the west. The prefecture has a population of 3,584,000 people.

Anshan holds one third of the worlds supply of talcum Anshan holds a quarter of the worlds reserves of magnesite. 

^{The north east of China is a major industrial zone and Anshan is one of the key sites of the north east. The city is renowned as “China’s capital of iron and steel”.}

The Han people make up the lion’s share of the population. Next, after the Han and Man people, come the Hui and theChaoxian with 23,400 and 10,000 people respectively.

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